A few weeks back, word arose that David Fincher was circling Sony's Steve Job's biopic. Now it seems a script penned by Aaron Sorkin isn't enough of an incentive to sign on. Fincher is demanding Christian Bale for the lead role, or else he's walking.

The Canyons has a coloring and a synth-oriented soundtrack that makes it stand out, and its story, while harrowing and simultaneously a little goofy, does feature Lohan proving she can act. This may not be the movie that turns things around for LiLo, but it may be the movie that reminds you of why she was an “it girl” in the first place.

Specifically, he said, “I thought the acting throughout was good. I was attentive and entertained but not greatly enough to recommend the movie. I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton’s own image of Jobs.”

Following Jobs from his years doing drugs and making trouble at Reed College to his ouster from Apple and return to the company in 1996, it's a sweeping story about the years before Jobs exploded back into the tech world with the invention of the iPod and later the iPhone. It's a story about a tech genius, but also a look at the personal life of a man who couldn't always treat the people in his life as well as he treated his own ideas

Scripted by newcomer Matt Whiteley, the film tells the story of how Jobs dropped out of college and eventually founded one of the most influential tech companies of the 20th century. Jobs' terrific supporting cast includes Josh Gad, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, and J.K. Simmons. See the film in theaters on August 16th.

Prepare thyselves, for Hollywood is doing some major moving and shaking today with its release calendar. Not only has 20th Century Fox announced new dates for four of their upcoming features, we also have learned when you'll be able to see one of the most talked about films of this year's Sundance Film Festival.

The biopic has generated a decent amount of press thanks to Stern’s decision to cast Two and a Half Men co-star Ashton Kutcher as the tech pioneer. At least the trade is saying that the delay is being implemented as a means of better marketing the film instead of putting the biopic under the knife of a cut-happy editor, because the movie – at this moment – is finished.

For the last decade of his life the public image of Steve Jobs was the same every year: a man standing in front of a large crowd, showing them some incredible piece of technology, and reveling in the massive applause. Ideally in a biopic you're going to see something more, but jOBS starts off with that scene exactly

This clip that shows Jobs (Kutcher) attempting to convince Wozniak (Josh Gad) that the operating system he's building as a hobby could be fine-tuned to be sold commercially. Incredulous, the 1970s Wozniak—with period appropriate bad hair—declares, "Nobody wants to buy a computer!" Of course Jobs knows better.

Based on a screenplay by Matthew Whiteley, the film chronicles most of Steve Jobs' life, ranging from 1971 to 2001, as he dropped out of college and grew to be one of the greatest innovators of all time. The press release announcing the new release date calls the movie a "dialogue-driven story" that serves as an "epic" as well as a "personal portrait of Steve Jobs' life."

Stern’s movie has been programmed as the Closing Night film for this year’s Sundance fest. After it screens, it will slide of the radar until April, when mainstream audiences will be able to get a full look at the on-screen tribute to the Apple co-founder’s earliest days.

With Aaron Sorkin still planning his own take on the life and work of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Ashton Kutcher's version of the story needs to get into theaters well ahead of it, to at least give itself a fighting chance of standing on its own. Now it's found the distributor that will get it there. Open Road Films has acquired the film jOBS for distribution

The first of the two in-development Steve Jobs biopics is just about ready to make its way to a theater near you. Open Road films is now in negotiations to acquire distribution rights for Jobs, the new film from director Joshua Michael Stern with Ashton Kutcher as the Apple founder. The movie is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month.

First there was Capote versus Infamous. Then there was Lovelace versus Inferno, and now in the latest round of battling biopics, it is Steve Jobs versus Jobs, two separate dramas aiming to unfold the complicated man who made Apple what it is today.

Back in 1999 TNT aired a made-for-TV movie called Pirates of Silicon Valley, which told the story of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates' ascension to becoming the tech-icons we now know them to be. Part of Jobs' side of the story included his relationship with his high school girlfriend and the birth of his first child Lisa in 1978. This part of Jobs' life will apparently be explored to some extent in the upcoming biopic Jobs, as the role of Chris-Ann Brennan has been cast.

Sure, Kutcher's better known for his comedic work than he is for dramas, but he does bear some resemblance to Jobs in his younger years, and producer Mark Hulme expressed optimism that Kutcher has what it takes to carry the "psychological complexity" of the role. In another interesting casting development for the film, it looks like Jobs may have found its Woz, and once again, they're going with someone better known for their comedy work than for drama.

This bit of news may have been better suited for tomorrow, given that it’s April Fool’s Day, but this is apparently confirmed as the real deal. Ashton Kutcher has been tapped to play the lead in an upcoming independent film based on the life of Apple creator and tech-icon Steve Jobs.